HERMISTON — Historically low snowpack and one of the warmest winters in Oregon history are among the factors contributing to severe and extreme drought conditions throughout much of the state. The ...

BAKER CITY — Two Baker County families are recovering from the shock of losing all their possessions in separate house fires last weekend, one in Baker City and the other in a rural area near Halfway.

Oregonians proposed nearly 90 changes to state law or the Oregon Constitution for the November 2026 ballot, and a dozen of those petitions with priorities ranging from ending mail voting to enshrining ...

Although Native Americans had lived in what became Northeastern Oregon for millennia, when the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, the better part of a century would pass before ...

JOSEPH — This year’s Wallowa Mountain Cruise saw more normal numbers of entrants, with 66. That was up from about 40 last year, according to Hannah Shoffner, executive director of the Joseph Chamber ...

The imminent deadline for implementation of Idaho House Bill 752 (the ‘Bathroom Bill’) raises significant issues of privacy and safety that should give pause to Greater Idaho proponents. Idaho must ...

U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz’s silence in the face of President Donald Trump’s unlawful executive orders is inexcusable. On June 25, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani blocked Trump’s executive order that ...

HERMISTON — Hermiston residents will have a chance to vote on Nov. 3 on recommended changes to the city’s charter. The Hermiston City Council on Monday, June 22, approved a resolution to place the ...

Lili Schmidt has seen monumental changes in more than two decades at the Milton-Freewater Public Library. In the “good old days” (were they that good?) libraries were quiet places full of books, ...

NORTHEASTERN OREGON — This year’s Fourth of July holiday is extra special. In addition to falling on a Saturday, it marks our nation’s semiquincentennial, which commemorates 250 years since the ...

The Trump administration is backing off from its plans to remove a decade-old ocean monitoring system Oregonians rely on for fishing, recreation, science and emergency services. The National Science ...

BAKER CITY — Doug Hansen barely stepped from his truck when a pile of wood made him stop. Although the lumber and iron barely resembled a wagon, he immediately recognized it as a Studebaker from the ...